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| The Week in Chess. FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Round 6 Round 7 (October 5, 2005)
Topalov, Veselin - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 73 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Svidler, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1-0 59 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael 1-0 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 50 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (ARG), 28 ix-16 x 2005 cat. XX (2739)
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1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 ** 1. =. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 6.5 3153
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 0. ** =. 1. =. 1. =. 1. 4.5 2840
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 =. =. ** =. 0. 0. 1. 1. 3.5 2731
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0. 0. =. ** =. =. 1. 1. 3.5 2735
5 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 0. =. 1. =. ** =. =. 0. 3.0 2698
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 0. 0. 1. =. =. ** =. =. 3.0 2693
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 0. =. 0. 0. =. =. ** =. 2.0 2583
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. =. =. ** 2.0 2581
----------------------------------------------------------------------  Veselin Topalov wins with white to take his score to an astonishing 6.5/7 at the half way stage, with only Anand escaping with a draw, and then only by the skin of his teeth. Peter Svidler kept his lead to two points by beating Judit Polgar. Viswanathan Anand seems out of it after losing to Alexander Morozevich. Photo © http://www.wccsanluis.net Round 7 5th October 2005 At the half way stage Veselin Topalov has already done most of the hard work needed to take the FIDE title. He leads by two points from Peter Svidler and three points from the other pre-event favourites Peter Leko and Viswanathan Anand. Topalov meets Leko in round 8 and Anand in round 9 and if he survives those games then the slim chances of anyone catching him will dwindle to nothing. Topalov faced FIDE Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov in round 7. He got a small edge which he used to generate a nasty attack around first time control. Kasimdzhanov survived but after some manoevering Topalov mobilised his Kingside majority and activated his King which proved decisive. He finished the game in style where he sacrificed all but one of his pawns for a decisive penetration with his King. Viswanathan Anand's chances probably disappeared when he ran into Alexander Morezevich at his best. Morezevich chose the advance variation against Anand's Caro-Kann and pressurised the Indian continuously. Morozevich's exchange sacrifice proved sound and Anand couldn't avoid translating into a losing ending which Morozevich rapped up effectively. Peter Svidler faced another player who appears demoralised, Judit Polgar. She sacrificed the exchange on the black side of a Sicilian Najdorf for attacking chances, after Svidler repulsed this he gradually took control of the position and ground Polgar down. Michael Adams is another player who seems to be suffering. He tried the same variation of the Petroff that secured an easy draw against Peter Svidler in round one. This time his opponent Peter Leko was ready and Adams was off balance for most of the game. Although he managed some activity in a double rook ending he couldn't repair the damage of the earlier moves. Brief Comments by Mark Crowther Leko,P (2763) - Adams,Mi (2719) [C42] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (7), 05.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Ne5 White deviates from Svidler - Adams Rd1 which went: [14.Rb1 a6 15.Ne5 Bf5 16.Bf3 Qe6 17.Rb2 Bxa3 18.Re2 Bxc1 19.Nc6 Qf6 20.Nxa5 Bf4 21.Nxb7 Rab8 22.Rfe1 g6 23.Ra2 c6 24.Nc5 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/San Luis ARG 2005/The Week in Chess 569] 14...Bf5N and straight away we get a novelty. [14...Bf6 15.Bf3 Qd8 16.Qa4 c6 17.Bf4 Be6 18.Rab1 b5 19.Qd1 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Bd5 21.Re1 Re8 22.Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Qg4 g6 24.Qh4 Re6 25.f4 Nc4 26.Qh6 Nxe5 27.fxe5 f6 28.exf6 Rxf6 29.Re7 Rf7 30.Rbe1 Raf8 31.h3 Qf5 32.R1e5 Qf2+ 33.Kh2 a5 34.R5e6 Rxe7 35.Rxe7 Rf7 36.Re8+ Rf8 37.Re7 Rf7 38.Re8+ Rf8 39.Re6 c5 40.d5 Qf7 41.Qe3 b4 42.cxb4 axb4 43.axb4 cxb4 44.d6 b3 45.Qxb3 Rd8 46.Qe3 Rf8 47.Qe5 Qf5 48.Qxf5 gxf5 49.Re7 Rf7 50.d7 Rxe7 51.d8Q+ Kf7 52.Kg3 Re4 53.Kf3 h5 54.g3 Kg6 55.Qd6+ Kg7 56.Qd7+ Kg6 57.Qd8 Re6 58.Qg8+ Kf6 59.Qh7 f4 60.Kxf4 1-0 Matras,A-Hernandez,Y/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339; 14...c5 15.Rb1 Bf5 16.Rb5 b6 17.Re1 Rad8 18.Bf3 Qd6 19.Qe2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Rc8 21.Bd5 Be6 22.Be4 Nb3 23.Bf4 Nxd4 24.Qd3 f5 25.Ng6 fxe4 26.Bxd6 exd3 27.Nxe7+ Kf7 28.Nxc8 d2 29.Rd1 Rxc8 30.Rb2 Bb3 31.Rbxd2 Bxd1 32.Rxd4 Bb3 33.h4 Rc4 34.Rxc4 Bxc4 35.Bb8 a6 36.Bc7 b5 37.g4 Be2 38.g5 Ke6 39.f4 g6 40.Kf2 Bg4 41.Ke3 Kd5 42.Kd3 Bf5+ 43.Kc3 Kc5 44.Bd8 Be4 1/2-1/2 Xu Yuhua-Koneru,H/Hyderabad IND 2002/The Week in Chess 415] 15.c4 Qd6 16.c5!  This still looks like Leko preparation. Black's pieces become uncoordinated and the black knight is a worry. 16...Qd5 17.Bf3 Be4 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Bd2 Nc6 [19...Qxd4 20.Nf3 Qxc5 21.Bb4 wins a piece.] 20.Re1 Qh4 Staying in touch with the e7 bishop. [20...Qxd4 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Rxe7] 21.Nf3 Qh5 22.Rb1 Bf6 [22...Rab8 23.Bf4 Looks terrible for black also.] 23.Rxb7 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxd4 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 The ending is just horrible for Adams. fxe3 even gets rid of potential back rank problems something that Adams has to find a tempo to do. 27...c6 28.Rd6 [28.Rdd7 with "elephants" on the 7th would be my first thought here. But Leko considered his options a long time here.] 28...Rae8 Black has to get counterplay quickly otherwise he's a gonner. But it seems nothing can really repair the position. 29.Kf2 Re5 30.Rxc6 Rfe8 31.Rcc7 Rxe3 32.Rxf7 Re2+ 33.Kg3 R8e3+ 34.Rf3 Rxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Rc2 36.Rc7 h5 37.c6 Kh7 38.h3 Kh6 39.Ke4 Kg6 There is no hope. 1-0 Morozevich,A (2707) - Anand,V (2788) [B12] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (7), 05.10.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 The Advance Variation of the Caro-Kann, an old speciality of Short's. He played a number of well known games against Yasser Seirawan amongst others. 5.Be2 Ne7 [5...c5 6.0-0 Ne7 7.c3 Nec6 8.Be3 Nd7 9.a3 c4 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Ne1 h5 12.g3 Bh3 13.Ng2 g6 14.Re1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rb8 16.h3 a5 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Ng5 Kf8 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Kg7 22.Rh1 Qd7 23.Bf4 Rbf8 24.Qe3 Qd8 25.Nh7 Rxh7 26.Rxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rh1+ Kg8 28.Qh3 Bh4 29.Bh6 g5 30.f4 gxf4 31.Bd1 Nd7 32.Bc2 Ndxe5 33.dxe5 Nxe5 34.Bxf8 f3+ 35.Kf1 Qg5 36.Qxh4 Qc1+ 37.Qe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kxe1 Kxf8 39.g5 Kg7 40.Kf2 f5 41.Re1 Nd3+ 42.Bxd3 cxd3 43.Kxf3 1-0 Short,N-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam 1991/CBM 23/[Rogers]] 6.Nbd2 h6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.c3 a6 [8...c5 9.Nb3 (9.a3 Nc6 10.b4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Be7 12.Re1 0-0 13.Nf1 Nb6 14.Ne3 Bg6 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qd7 17.Qb3 a6 18.Nd2 Na7 19.f4 Qa4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Qc6 23.Bb2 Na4 24.Kf2 Nxb2 25.Qxb2 Nb5 26.Nb3 Nc3 27.Nc5 Nxe2 28.Qxe2 a5 29.Qb2 axb4 30.axb4 Qb5 31.f5 Bxf5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Qb3 b6 34.Qa4 Qc4 35.Qe8+ Bf8 36.Nd7 Qxd4+ 37.Kf1 Qd1+ 38.Kf2 Qd2+ 39.Kf1 Qf4+ 40.Ke2 Qxb4 41.Qc8 b5 42.Qb8 d4 43.Nxf8 Qxf8 44.Qxb5 Qa8 45.Kf2 Qa2+ 46.Kg3 Qe6 47.Kf3 Kh7 48.Qc5 Qb3+ 49.Kf4 Qd3 50.h4 g6 51.Qc1 Qe4+ 52.Kg3 Qxe5+ 53.Kf2 Qe3+ 54.Qxe3 dxe3+ 55.Kxe3 Kg7 0-1 Rodriguez,A-Asrian,K/Las Vegas USA 1999; 9.b4 cxb4 10.cxb4 Ng6 11.a3 Nf4 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nb3 Ng6 15.Ne1 1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Urban,K/Mikolajki 1991/EXT 2002) 9...c4 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Ne1 Be7 12.Nc2 0-0 13.Ne3 Bh7 14.f4 b5 15.a3 Qb6 16.Qe1 Bd8 17.Nf3 f6 18.Qg3 Ne7 19.Nh4 Bc7 20.Bd2 fxe5 21.fxe5 Nf6 22.Rxf6 Rxf6 23.Ng4 Rg6 24.Nxg6 Nxg6 25.h4 Kh8 26.Rf1 Ne7 27.Rf7 Nf5 28.Bxh6 Rg8 29.Qf4 Bg6 30.Bxg7+ Rxg7 31.Rf8+ Rg8 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Qg5 Nxh4 34.Qxh4 Bd8 35.Qh6 Kf7 36.Nf6 Bxf6 37.exf6 Kxf6 38.Bh5 1-0 Ibragimov,I-Kharitonov,A/Sochi RUS 1997] 9.Nb3 Rc8 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.f4 c5 12.Bh5 Nf5 13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.Be3 g6 15.Be2 h5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nd4 Be4 18.a4 h4 19.a5 h3 20.g3 Bg2 21.Rf2 Ne4 22.Rxg2 Sacrificing the exchange, which turns out well. 22...hxg2 23.Kxg2 Bc5 24.Bd3 Qd7 25.Qf3 Bxd4 26.Bxd4  26...f5?! Perhaps this is the start of black's problems in the game because they mount rapidly. [26...Nd2 Might be the best.] 27.exf6 e5 28.Bxe4 Qh3+ 29.Kf2 Qxh2+ 30.Qg2 Black has created complications but it doesn't disguise the problems in his position. 30...exd4 [30...dxe4 31.fxe5 Kf7 is good for white also.] 31.Bxg6+ Kf8 32.Re1 d3 33.Bxd3 Rc6 34.Re5 Rd6 35.Kf3 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rh6 37.g4 Rhxf6 38.f5 With two pawns for the exchange white is close to winning. 38...Rf7 39.Kg3 b5 40.axb6 Rxb6 41.g5 Rd7 42.f6 d4 43.Bg6 Rb8 44.cxd4 Rxd4 45.Re7! Now its clear its all over. 45...Rdb4 46.Rf7+ Kg8 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Bf7 Rd4 49.Rg6 Rd3+ 50.Kg4 1-0 Svidler,P (2738) - Polgar,Ju (2735) [B90] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (7), 05.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Ng6 [12...Be6 13.Qd2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 has been played a number of times.] 13.Qd2 Qa5 [13...Nxd4] 14.0-0-0 [14.Nd5; 14.Nb3] 14...Bd7N Polgar's new idea. [14...Be6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Nb3 (16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Bd7 (19...h5 20.Rb4 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc7 22.Bd3 Rh6 23.c3 Nf4 24.Be4 h4 25.Rg1 Kf8 26.a4 Kg7 27.Kc2 Rh8 28.a5 Rf8 29.g3 Ne2 30.Re1 Nxg3 31.Bd3 Nh5 32.Rg1 Kh6 33.Rbg4 f6 34.Rxh4 gxh4 35.Rg6+ Kh7 36.Rg5+ f5 37.Rxh5+ Kg6 38.Rxh4 Kg5 39.Rb4 Rh8 40.h4+ Rxh4 41.Rxh4 Kxh4 42.Bxf5 Kg3 43.Be4 Kf4 44.b4 Ke3 45.Kb3 Rc8 46.Kc2 Rh8 47.Kb3 Kd2 48.c4 Rc8 49.Bf5 Rf8 50.Be4 Ke3 51.Kc3 '1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Gelfand,B/playchess.com INT 2004' 51...Rc8 52.Bf5 Rf8 53.Be4 Rc8 54.Bf5 Rf8 55.Be4 1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Gelfand,B/playchess.com INT 2004) 20.g3 Bc6 21.h4 gxh4 22.gxh4 e5 23.Rc4 Nf4 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.Bh3 Rd8 26.Rd4 Ke7 27.Re1 Kf6 28.c4 Ke5 29.Red1 b6 30.b4 Rhg8 31.b5 axb5 32.cxb5 Ba8 33.Ra4 Rg3 34.Bg4 Bb7 35.Bh5 f5 36.Ra7 Rg7 37.Rxb7 Rxb7 38.Rd5+ Ke6 39.Rxf5 Rc7 40.Rxf4 Rc5 41.Bf7+ Ke5 42.Rf5+ Kd4 43.Rf6 Rxb5+ 44.Bb3 Rh5 45.Rf4 Ke3 46.Rg4 Kxf3 47.Bd1+ Kf2 48.Rf4+ Ke3 0-1 Gormally,D-Rowson,J/Scarborough 2004) 16...Bxc3 17.Nxa5 Bxd2 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Rxd2 f6 20.b3 Kf7 21.g3 Rhc8 22.Be2 h5 23.h4 gxh4 24.gxh4 Nf4 25.Bd1 Rg8 26.Be3 Ng2 27.Bd4 Nf4 28.Rhh2 Bc8 29.Be3 e5 30.Kb2 Be6 31.a4 Rg3 32.a5 Ng6 33.Bf2 Rh3 34.Rxh3 Bxh3 35.c4 Ke7 36.Kc3 Nf4 37.Bg3 Rc8 38.Rh2 Be6 39.Bxf4 exf4 40.Rg2 Rc5 41.Kb4 Kf7 42.Bc2 Re5 43.Bd3 Rc5 44.Rg1 Kf8 45.Ra1 Rc7 46.Rg1 Rc5 47.Rg6 Kf7 48.Rg1 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Dominguez,L/Wijk aan Zee 2004] 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.g3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qe5 19.Qf2 Rxc3!? Polgar plays dynamically and sacrifices the exchange. 20.bxc3 Qxc3 21.Rd3 Qa5 22.Qe3! This works rather well in covering the white kingside. 22...Be6 23.Ra3 Qb4+ 24.Ka1 Kd7 25.Be2 Qc5 26.Rb1 Qxe3 27.Rxe3 Black's attack has disappeared and she is already in trouble. 27...Rb8  Flashy but the tactics don't favour black but its possible this is the only way to continue. 28.Bxa6 Ra8 29.Bb5+ [29.Rxb7+ Kd8 30.Bf1 Rxa2+ 31.Kb1 is also fine.] 29...Kd8 30.a3 h5 31.Bf1 Ra7 32.Rb4 Bc8 33.Kb2 f6 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Bd7 [35...Nxh4 is met by something like: 36.e5 Nf5 37.exf6 exf6 38.Rd3] 36.Reb3 Bc8 [36...Bc6 may be better.] 37.Rb5 Nf4 38.Bc4 Kc7 39.Bf7 Bd7 40.Rc3+ Kd8 41.Rxh5! Giving back the exchange at a highly incovenient moment for Polgar. 41...Nxh5 42.Bxh5 e6 43.Bg6 Bc6 44.h5 Ke7 45.f4 Ra8 46.h6 Rh8 47.h7 f5 48.exf5 Kf6 49.Rd3 Be4 50.Rxd6 Bxf5 51.Bxf5 Kxf5 52.Rd7 b6 53.Rf7+ Kg6 54.Rb7 Kf5 55.c4 Kxf4 56.Rxb6 e5 [56...Rxh7 57.Rxe6 and the black king is cut off from the pawns allowing a trivial win.] 57.Rh6 e4 58.Kc2 Ke3 59.Rh2 White will round up black's last pawn and black won't be able to cope with all white's pawns and also stop his king approaching his rook. 1-0 Topalov,V (2788) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2670) [C88] WCh-FIDE San Luis ARG (7), 05.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.b4 [16.Ng3 Qe8 (16...Nd7 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.b4 (19.a4 Rb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 Ra8 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539) 19...Kh8 20.Qb3 c4 21.dxc4 bxc4 22.Qa4 Qc8 23.Rad1 Nf6 24.Qc2 e4 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Ndf5 Bd8 27.Bc5 Rg8 28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Qxe4 Qe6 30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxc3 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxc4 Bf6 34.Rf5 Rge8 35.Nh5 Bd4 36.Nd6 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Bxc5 38.Rxc5 Nb5 39.Nxb5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Re2 41.f4 Re7 42.f5 Rxa3 43.Nf4 Kg8 44.Ng6 Re8 45.Rb7 Raa8 46.Ne7+ Kf8 47.Ng6+ '1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Onischuk,A/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 317' 47...Kg8 48.Ne7+ Kf8 49.Ng6+ 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Onischuk,A/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 317) 17.Be3 (17.a4 Qd7 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rfb8 23.Qc4 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qa2 Bb4 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Bg5 Kh8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Rxd5 a5 30.Qb1 Re8 31.Rd1 Rad8 32.Rf1 Qf7 33.b3 Rd5 34.Ra2 Red8 35.Rc2 Qg6 36.Re2 Rd3 37.Qc2 h6 38.Rb1 Qf7 39.Ne4 Qd5 40.f3 Qf7 41.Kh1 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/Sarajevo BIH 2003/The Week in Chess 446) 17...Nh5 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.Ng5 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 508] 16...Qd7N [16...Nh5 17.N1h2 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.a4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 cxb4 22.cxb4 Rb8 23.Rea1 Rb7 24.Rxa6 Nxb4 25.Ra8+ Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Qc4 d5 29.Qc3 Rc8 30.Qb3 Rc2 31.Ng4 Qa7 32.exd5 exd5 33.Ne3 Re2 34.d4 exd4 35.Nxd5 Nxd5 36.Qxd5+ Qf7 37.Qxd4 h6 38.Rb8 Re8 39.Ne5 Qe6 40.Rxe8 Qxe8 41.Qd5+ Kh7 42.g3 g6 43.Kg2 Bg7 44.Nd3 h5 45.Nf4 Bf6 46.Ne6 Qe7 47.h4 Qe8 48.Kh2 Qe7 49.Kh3 Kg8 50.f4 Qf7 51.f5 Be7 52.Nf4 gxf5 53.Qd1 Kh7 54.Nxh5 Bf8 55.Nf4 Bh6 56.Nd5 Qe6 57.Qd3 Kg7 58.Kg2 Qe5 59.Kf3 Qe6 60.Kg2 Qe5 61.Qc4 Bd2 62.Qd3 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kasimdzhanov,R/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539] 17.Qb3 Rfb8 After the opening its clear we're in for a long manoevering game. White doesn't seem to have a lot. 18.N1h2 a5 19.Bd2 h6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 axb4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.cxb4 Bf6 24.Rec1 Kf7 25.g3 Qb7 26.Kg2 White's plot is starting to become clear. He plans to create threats on both sides of the board. 26...Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Ra8 28.Rh1 Nd4 29.Nxd4 exd4 30.Bf4 White was already quite a bit in front on the clock here and threats appear from almost nowhere. 30...d5 31.e5 Be7 32.Qd1! 
This is pretty sneaky. In a number of lines the queen will end up on the h-file. 32...Bg5 [32...g5 I think is also a mistake. 33.Rxh6 gxf4 34.gxf4 Rf8 35.g5 Ke8 36.Qg4 Qc8 37.g6 Kd8 38.g7 Rg8 39.f5 exf5 40.Qg6 is the kind of thing I'm sure Topalov had in mind.] 33.Bxg5 hxg5 34.Rh5 Qe7 35.Qh1 Rf8 36.Rh7 Ke8 37.Qa1! A second front. 37...Kf7 38.Qc1 [38.Qxd4 black comes back for this pawn after repeating.] 38...Ke8 39.Qa1 Kf7 40.Qxd4 Kg8 41.Rh1 Qf7 42.Qe3 Black has done pretty well to survive first time control. 42...d4 43.Qe2 Qb7+ 44.Qe4 Qxe4+ 45.dxe4 Rc8 46.Rb1 Rc3 47.Rb2 White's dynamic and assured play from now on is something to see. 47...Kf7 48.Kf1 Rc1+ 49.Ke2 Rc3 50.Ra2 Rb3 51.Ra7+ Kf8 52.Rb7 Rxb4 53.Kd3 Rb2 54.f4! Rb3+ 55.Kxd4 Rxg3 56.f5 White has junked a number of unimportant pawns and now goes for the throat. He is already winning. 56...Rxg4 57.f6! Rg1 58.Rxg7 b4 59.Kc5 b3 60.Rb7 Ra1 61.Rxb3 Ra5+ 62.Kd4 Ra4+ 63.Ke3 Ra5 64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Kd4 Here white goes on a short excursion before executing a rather elegant solution to winning this game. 66...Ra4+ 67.Kc5 Ra5+ 68.Kd4 [68.Kd6 I'm sure this wins also.] 68...Ra4+ 69.Ke3 Ra3+ 70.Kf2 Ra5 71.Kg3 Rxe5 72.Kg4 Rxe4+ 73.Kh5 White is now a pawn down! But the f-pawn, Rook and King does all the damage. 1-0 |
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